Phil Parkinson says Wrexham have to put Stoke City on the back foot from the outset when the 2 sides meet at Stok Cae Ras (15:00 BST).
The Red Dragons at present sit seventh within the Championship, 4 factors adrift of the highest six with simply 4 matches remaining this season.
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It means they’re edging ever-closer to must-win territory as they bid to safe a play-off spot.
But having conceded first in every of their previous 5 league video games, Parkinson careworn the significance of beginning strongly towards Stoke.
“We’ve got to make sure that we’re ready to get Stoke right on the back foot for minute one of the weekend,” he mentioned.
The Potters had been sturdy contenders for promotion earlier on within the marketing campaign and have been within the play-off locations till early December.
But they’ve step by step fallen down the desk and have misplaced 5 successive away Championship matches forward of their journey to north Wales.
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Parkinson was in attendance for Stoke’s 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers at bet365 Stadium on Saturday.
Having watched Mark Robins’ aspect in motion, Parkinson deduced that Wrexham can count on the same take a look at to the one they confronted once they misplaced 1-0 to the Potters on 18 October.
“Myself and Steve [Parkin, assistant coach] went down to watch them on Saturday, so we got a good picture of them again,” added Parkinson.
“Similar to how they were when we played them last time, we know who the key players are, I think statistically they stand out for the team.
“So we all know what they’re all about. Of course they’re like several workforce all through the season, you may get in a great run and might shortly fall away.
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“It’s when you’re on a bad run, you’ve got to halt it quickly and obviously when you’re on a good run the key is to try and maintain that consistency.
“The groups which try this clearly are in and across the high six and there’s a group of groups who’re good on the day.”